Applying and Integrating Outside the Box Thinking for Chronic Swallowing Disorders in the Outpatient Setting
This on-demand webinar offers practical, hope-centered strategies for clinicians working with adults with chronic dysphagia to support progression from NPO to oral intake, even after extended periods. The course integrates evidence-informed approaches, including myofascial release and innovative techniques such as kinesiotaping, illustrated through real-world case examples. Clinicians will gain actionable tools and clinical insights they can immediately apply to their current caseloads.
Presented by: Angela Mandas, MA, CCC-SLP
AUDIENCE: Undergraduate, graduate students, Clinical Fellows, experienced clinicians, clinicians who would like to transition from school-based SLP to medical-based SLP, clinicians who treat chronic dysphagia.
This webinar will provide the clinician working with adults with chronic dysphagia tips, suggestions and techniques to progress your clients who are NPO to a po diet regardless of how many months or years it has been.
Learning Objectives:
1. Participants will gain hope through understanding how to work with chronic dysphagia.
2. Participants will describe the benefits of myofascial release to improve dysphagia outcomes.
3.Participants will learn about out of the box techniques including kinesiotaping.
4. Participants will apply knowledge from presented single case studies to their current client caseloads.
This webinar is approximately 60 minutes in length. This is a recording of a live webinar.
This webinar is offered for Professional Development Hours (PDHs), previously Certification Maintenance Hours (CMHs). For more info: https://www.asha.org/certification/factdef/.
Certificate of completion available upon request once completed.
This Video will be available for 90 days after purchase.
Presenter:
Angela Mandas is a graduate of California State University Fullerton. She has worked in Acute
Care Hospitals, Skilled Nursing, Private Practice, Home Health, Non-Profit Clinics and in
Academics. She is a well-respected Speech Language Pathologist in Southern California and
works with teens, adults and geriatrics with chronic neurological dysphagia, dysarthria and
cognitive disorders. She is the past President of the California Speech and Hearing Association and has taught numerous lectures for CSHA, ASHA and workshops for graduate students in Motor Speech Disorders.
